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David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.
Language
Budget$2,200,000
Revenue $3,251,794
English
Budget$2,200,000
Revenue $3,251,794
Keywords
rape
countryside
based on novel or book
primal fear
england
country life
cornwall, england
revenge
rural area
shocking
Casts

Dustin Hoffman
David Sumner

Susan George
Amy

Peter Vaughan
Tom Hedden

T. P. McKenna
Maj. John Scott

Del Henney
Charlie Venner

Jim Norton
Chris Cawsey

Donald Webster
Riddaway

Ken Hutchison
Norman Scutt

Len Jones
Bobby Hedden

Sally Thomsett
Janice Hedden
Robert Keegan
Harry Ware

Peter Arne
John Niles
Cherina Schaer
Louise Hood

Colin Welland
Rev. Barney Hood

June Brown
Mrs. Hebden (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
Man in Pub (uncredited)

Chloe Franks
Emma Hebden (uncredited)
Michael Mundell
Bertie Hedden (uncredited)

David Warner
Henry Niles (uncredited)
Crews
Gordon Williams
Novel
Ray Simm
Production Design

Sam Peckinpah
Director
Ken Bridgeman
Art Direction
John Coquillon
Director of Photography
Tony Lawson
Editor

David Zelag Goodman
Screenplay
Daniel Melnick
Producer
Miriam Brickman
Casting

Roger Spottiswoode
Editor

Sam Peckinpah
Screenplay
Jerry Fielding
Original Music Composer
Paul Davies
Editor
Katherine Haber
Dialogue Editor
James Swann
Associate Producer
Gary White
Second Assistant Director
Michael Murray
Third Assistant Director
Bobbie Smith
Hairdresser
Peter Frampton
Assistant Makeup Artist
Terry Marcel
Assistant Director
Derek Kavanagh
Production Supervisor
Nick Farnes
Assistant Director
Julia Trevelyan Oman
Other
Peter Hutchinson
Special Effects Assistant
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Mixer
Michael Ellis
Dialogue Editor

Peter Brayham
Stunts
Eddie Stacey
Stunts
Roy Pembrooke
Props
Joe Dunne
Stunts
John Richardson
Special Effects
Peter James
Set Dresser
Norman Savage
Sound Editor
Garth Craven
Sound Editor
Harry Frampton
Makeup Artist
John Bramall
Sound Recordist

Sue Longhurst
Stunt Double
Billy Cornelius
Stunt Coordinator
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